#A5A137#A5A137

#A5A137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.126 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5A137
RGB	rgb(165, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -11.75, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 54.72, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0372 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.126 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9525, 33.7659, 8.6060)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5A137 #373BA5

analogous

#A56A37 #A5A137 #72A537

triadic

#A5A137 #37A5A1 #A137A5

tetradic

#A5A137 #37A56A #373BA5 #A53772

square

#A5A137 #37A56A #373BA5 #A53772

split-complementary

#A5A137 #3772A5 #6A37A5

monochromatic

#494718 #777428 #A5A137 #C6C253 #D5D281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A5A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A5A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5A137

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5A137	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.126 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bc74',
    500: '#a5a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5a137;
$custom-light: #c3bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6923,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5A137

secondary

#797CBF

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5A137

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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